[vortex] Possible error in module 3c95x since kernel 2.4.8

[Andrew Morton]

Between 2.4.7 and 2.4.9 nothing of significance changed in
drivers/net/3c59x.c.

Presumably, this PCI abort was brought about by changes
elsewhere in the kernel.


simon.hitzemann@s2001.tu-chemnitz.de wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think I found some serious error in the modules 3c59x:
> When I'm loading the module and bring up the interface the
> following error occurs:
> 
> eth1: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 2000.
> eth1: PCI bus error, bus status 00980029
> eth1: Transmit error, Tx status register d0.
>   Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 1(1) current 1(1)
>   Transmit list 00000000 vs. c25e5240.
>   0: @c25e5200  length 80000156 status 80000156
>   1: @c25e5240  length 80000046 status 00000046
>   2: @c25e5280  length 80000156 status 00000156
>   3: @c25e52c0  length 80000046 status 80000046
>   4: @c25e5300  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   5: @c25e5340  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   6: @c25e5380  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   7: @c25e53c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   8: @c25e5400  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   9: @c25e5440  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   10: @c25e5480  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   11: @c25e54c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   12: @c25e5500  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   13: @c25e5540  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   14: @c25e5580  length 00000000 status 00000000
>   15: @c25e55c0  length 00000000 status 00000000
> 
> I'm not able to establish any network connection. I tried it with
> different 3Com 905TX Boomerang on different Mainboards, so I
> believe it has to be a bug in the module. These errors occur only
> with kernel 2.4.8 or higher.
> 
> Simon Hitzemann
> 
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